The Holy Cross Crusaders and the Scranton Knights will round out the year against one another at at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. The timing isn't great for Holy Cross: they have been struggling with eight straight losses at home dating back to last season, while Scranton has snatched up six consecutive wins on the road also dating back to last season.
Holy Cross easily dispatched Blue Ridge last Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Holy Cross fell just short of Riverside by a score of 45-43 on Friday.
Meanwhile, Scranton was able to grind out a solid victory over North Pocono on Thursday, taking the game 53-43. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 24th, while the Trojans are ranked 176th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Scranton's win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Holy Cross, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 3-3.
Holy Cross took a serious blow against Scranton in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 51-19. Can Holy Cross avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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